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mkl on March 4, 2021 | parent | context | favorite | on: It Can Happen to You

No, or at least not in general, because you can overload it for your custom types with whatever terrible implementation you like.

loeg on March 4, 2021 [–]

This is true in essentially the same way for C's FILE, which is the point I think Ted is insinuating.

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